A famous exotic snake breeder was found dead at his own reptile farm in Missouri. Ben Renick was seemingly killed by the very animals her cared for, at least that’s what his wife and brother initially believed about his tragic passing. As investigators dug deeper, they realized the real “snake” was closer to home. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals.

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To her New Jersey community, Marylue Wigglesworth was seemingly a quiet, devoted wife living a seemingly ordinary suburban life. On a December night in 2022, a heated violent argument spiraled out of control, leaving her husband, David, dead from a single gunshot wound as he lay naked in their bed. Beneath the facade of their marriage lay a toxic dynamic of domestic turmoil, raising the haunting question of whether she was a calculated killer or a victim pushed past her limit. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals with Elizabeth Millner, presented by Law&Crime.

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A Georgia home erupted into flames and a frantic 911 call broke the air during a quiet Summer night in June 2022. Police were told a woman was inside her burning home attacking her own family. Darlene Brister, a mother of seven, snapped. Find what happened in the Brister household on this episode of Female Criminals with Elizabeth Millner, presented by Law&Crime.

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A cyclist was shocked when they found a teenage girl battling for her life on the side of a rural Wisconsin road. The young girl was rushed to a hospital and survived what was clearly an attempted murder. Waukesha investigators found her attackers a few hours later — Morgan Geyser and Anissa E. Weier, her classmates. Geyser and Weier said Slender Man, a fictional character, told them to do it. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals with Elizabeth Millner, presented by Law&Crime.

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A Florida woman seemingly vanished from the Carrollwood home she shared with her sister in May 2021. Karen Pais told her friends if anything ever happened to her, it was her sister, Debra Patton. Investigators would later find Karen dead, buried in her own backyard. Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner explores Debra Patton’s dark secret on this episode of Female Criminals.

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Taylor Schabusiness, born Taylor Coronado, killed her friend Shad Thyrion in Green Bay, Wisconsin on February 21, 2022, during a drug-fueled sexual encounter. Officers discovered Shad's severed head in a basement bucket, with remaining body parts found in Taylor's van. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals.

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Alicia Andrews, 21, traveled from Jacksonville to Tampa with her boyfriend Isaiah Chance and four others in June 2024. Rapper Charles "Julio Foolio" Jones was ambushed and killed outside his hotel during his birthday. Prosecutors say Andrews helped track the victim; she says she knew nothing. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals with Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner. Watch on Spotify. If you’re subscribed to Spotify Premium, you don’t get any Spotify ads on my video.

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Hannah Payne, 21, witnessed a car accident in Clayton County, Georgia on May 7, 2019, and chased down 62-year-old Kenneth Herring, who may have been suffering a diabetic emergency. She blocked his truck, confronted him with a gun, and shot him in the stomach. Herring died. In 2023, Payne was convicted of felony murder. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals with Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner.

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Dan Markel, a Florida State University law professor, was shot in his driveway in 2014. Investigators linked Katherine Magbanua, the girlfriend of suspected mastermind Charlie Adelson and ex-partner of hitman Sigfredo Garcia, to the Adelson family, ultimately convicting her of orchestrating the murder-for-hire killing. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals with Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner.

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Lynn Hernan, 61, trusted Jessy Kurczewski like a daughter, making her caretaker, power of attorney, and co-beneficiary of her estate. But after Lynn was found dead on October 3, 2018, in her Pewaukee, Wisconsin home, toxicology revealed a fatal level of tetrahydrozoline, the active ingredient in Visine eye drops, in her system. Investigators determined Kurczewski had loaded a water bottle with six bottles' worth of Visine and stolen more than $290,000 from Hernan before and after her death. In November 2023, Kurczewski was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of felony theft. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals with Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner.

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Arkansas police rushed to a Fort Smith home to investigate the brutal murder of 72-year-old retired teacher and Army veteran, Bill DuBois, in July 2019. Officers traced his missing car using a Verizon tracking app to a known drug house, where two men implicated 22-year-old Taylor Elkins, a former student of his while he was substitute teaching. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals with Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner.

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